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On the recordDecember 10, 2019
And all power in the executive branch derives from the President. And the President can and should ask for assistance from foreign governments in ongoing criminal investigations.
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

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Johnson asserts the President's authority to seek foreign assistance in investigations.

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